As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, Mayor Bill de Blasio, wearing a yellow T-shirt emblazoned with the words “PAID SICK LEAVE,” handed out pamphlets and called the law, which takes effect July 30, “historic.”

Mayor Bill De Blasio, Volunteers Promote New Sick Leave Law To Straphangers

“This law finally gives people the rights that so many others have enjoyed, to be able to take that time to get well — not spread the sickness, not share the sickness with your coworkers and your customers,” de Blasio told commuters at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station.

Straphangers took the printed materials and shook hands and posed for selfies with the mayor, who hopped on a train afterward.